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1747 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1747. Events *March 31 – Laurence Sterne preaches the Good Friday sermon at St Helen Stonegate; ''The Case of Elijah and the Widow of Zerephath'' is later printed and published. *April 9 – David Garrick becomes joint patentee and manager of the Drury Lane Theatre in London. *June 21 – Licensing Act transfers responsibility for pre-production censorship of plays in Britain from the Master of the Revels to the Lord Chamberlain and restricts serious drama to the patent theatres. * December 1 – Samuel Richardson's two-volume epistolary novel '' Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady'' ("by the Editor of '' Pamela''") begins publication in London from his own print shop, dated 1748. *''unknown date'' – The Załuski Library in Warsaw is opened to the public. New books Prose *William Blackstone (attributed) – ''The Pantheon'' * Thomas Carte – ''A General History of England'' * Juan de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Załuski Library
The Załuski Library (, ) established in Warsaw in 1747 by Józef Andrzej Załuski and his brother, Andrzej Stanisław Załuski, both Roman Catholic bishops, was a public library nationalized and renamed upon its founders' death into the Załuski Library of the Commonwealth () which existed until the final demise of Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth in the Third Partition of Poland in 1795. Overview The library was the first Polish public library, the largest library in Poland, and one of the earliest public libraries in Europe. After the Kościuszko Uprising (1794), Russian troops, acting on orders from Czarina Catherine II, seized the library's holdings and transported them to her personal collection at Saint Petersburg, where a year later it formed the cornerstone of the newly founded Imperial Public Library. In the 1920s the government of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic returned some of the former Załuski Library holdings to the recently established Second P ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Fielding
Sarah Fielding (8 November 1710 – 9 April 1768) was an English author and sister of the playwright, novelist and magistrate Henry Fielding. She wrote ''The Governess, or The Little Female Academy'' (1749), thought to be the first novel in English aimed expressly at children. Earlier she had success with her novel ''The Adventures of David Simple'' (1744). Childhood Sarah Fielding was born at East Stour, Dorset in 1710 to Edmund Feilding '' ic' and his wife Sarah, ''née'' Gould (died 1718),''The Feminist Companion to Literature in English. Women Writers from the Middle Ages to the Present'', Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy, eds (London, Batsford, 1990), pp. 370–371. after Henry and Ursula; her younger siblings were Anne, Beatrice, and Edmund. Sarah's father, Edmund, the third son of John Feilding, was a military officer and relative of the Earls of Denbigh (his father, John, had been the youngest son of the 3rd Earl). Although Edmund spelled his last name ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Fielding
Henry Fielding (22 April 1707 – 8 October 1754) was an English writer and magistrate known for the use of humour and satire in his works. His 1749 comic novel ''The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling'' was a seminal work in the genre. Along with Samuel Richardson, Fielding is seen as the founder of the traditional English novel. He also played an important role in the history of law enforcement in the United Kingdom, using his authority as a magistrate to found the Bow Street Runners, London's first professional Police, police force. Early life Henry Fielding was born on 22 April 1707 at Sharpham Park, the seat of his mother's family in Sharpham, Somerset. He was the son of Lt.-Gen. Edmund Fielding and Sarah Gould, daughter of Sir Henry Gould. A scion of the Earl of Denbigh, his father was nephew of William Fielding, 3rd Earl of Denbigh. Educated at Eton College, Fielding began a lifelong friendship with William Pitt the Elder. His mother died when he was 11. A suit for custod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Edwards (critic)
Thomas Edwards (1699–1757) was an English critic and poet, best known for a controversy with William Warburton, over the latter's editing of Shakespeare. Life Edwards was born in 1699. His father and grandfather had both been barristers, and he is generally believed to have been privately educated before entering Lincoln's Inn, although according to an article in the ''Gentleman's Magazine'' he was educated at Eton and at King's College Cambridge, and later served in the army. He did little work as a lawyer, discouraged by what some accounts describe as "a considerable hesitation in his speech", turning instead to literature His father died when Edwards was still quite young, and a sonnet "upon a family picture" indicates that his brother and sisters all predeceased him. He inherited an estate at Pitshanger, Middlesex where he lived until buying, in 1739, another at Turrick, Ellesborough, Buckinghamshire, where he spent the rest of his life. He was elected Fellow of the Societ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dunkin
William Dunkin D.D. (1706/7–1765) was an Irish cleric, schoolmaster and poet. Life William Dunkin was born in Dublin c.1709. His parents died when he was young, and he was left in early life to the charge of Trinity College, Dublin, by an aunt who left her property to the college with the condition that it should provide for his education and advancement in life. He took his B.A. degree in 1729, and D.D. in 1744. As a young man, Dunkin had a reputation for foolish acts and clever poems. He was introduced to Jonathan Swift, who became a patron. His ordination by the Archbishop of Cashel in 1735 and the increase of the annuity which he received from Trinity College from £70 to £100 in 1736 were both due to Swift's intercession; his marriage and other imprudent acts were overlooked. In 1739 Swift attempted to procure the living of Coleraine for him, but was not successful. At that time Dunkin was keeping a school at Dublin, and in August 1746 Lord Chesterfield, with whom he h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oxford University Press
Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford. It is the largest university press in the world. Its first book was printed in Oxford in 1478, with the Press officially granted the legal right to print books by decree in 1586. It is the second-oldest university press after Cambridge University Press, which was founded in 1534. It is a department of the University of Oxford. It is governed by a group of 15 academics, the Delegates of the Press, appointed by the Vice Chancellor, vice-chancellor of the University of Oxford. The Delegates of the Press are led by the Secretary to the Delegates, who serves as OUP's chief executive and as its major representative on other university bodies. Oxford University Press has had a similar governance structure since the 17th century. The press is located on Walton Street, Oxford, Walton Street, Oxford, opposite Somerville College, Oxford, Somerville College, in the inner suburb of Jericho, Oxford, Jericho. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1830 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1830. Events *February – Barthold Georg Niebuhr's house burns down, but most of his books are saved. *February 25 – The première of Victor Hugo's play '' Hernani'' in Paris elicits protests from an audience seeing it as an attack on Classicism. *March 26 – The Book of Mormon is published by Joseph Smith in Palmyra, New York. *May 22 – Amos Bronson Alcott marries Abby May at King's Chapel, Boston (Massachusetts). *May 24 – Sarah Josepha Hale's ''Poems for Our Children'', including "Mary's Lamb", with the verse "Mary Had a Little Lamb", is published by Marsh, Capen & Lyon in Boston, Massachusetts. *July or later – Victor Cousin is elected to the Académie française to replace Joseph Fourier. *July 1 – Edgar Allan Poe matriculates as a cadet at the United States Military Academy, West Point. *August – François-René de Chateaubriand sacrifices his political career by refusing to swear a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Skeptic's Walk
''The Skeptic's Walk'' (French: ''La Promenade du sceptique'') is a book by Denis Diderot, completed in 1747. It was first published in 1830. The book is separated into two parts: the first being a critique of religion, and the second a philosophical dialogue. Production The book was reported to Paris police sometime between 1746 and 1747, at which time Diderot was already under police surveillance. When the book was completed in 1747, Diderot was unable to find a publisher, and the sole copy of the book remained at his home until it was confiscated during a police search in 1752. The book was reportedly lost in police custody, and remained unheard of until it was put up for auction by a Paris bookseller in 1800. The book's surfacing led to a legal dispute between Diderot's daughter and the bookseller over rightful ownership. The dispute caused the book to be confiscated by police for a second time. It remained unpublished until 1830.Diderot had died in 1784, and the publication ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Diderot
Denis Diderot (; ; 5 October 171331 July 1784) was a French philosopher, art critic, and writer, best known for serving as co-founder, chief editor, and contributor to the along with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. He was a prominent figure during the Age of Enlightenment. Diderot initially studied philosophy at a Society of Jesus, Jesuit college, then considered working in the church clergy before briefly studying law. When he decided to become a writer in 1734, his father disowned him. He lived a Bohemianism, bohemian existence for the next decade. In the 1740s he wrote many of his best-known works in both fiction and non-fiction, including the 1748 novel ''The Indiscreet Jewels, Les Bijoux indiscrets'' (The Indiscreet Jewels). In 1751 Diderot co-created the ''Encyclopédie'' with Jean le Rond d'Alembert. It was the first encyclopedia to include contributions from many named contributors and the first to describe the mechanical arts. Its secular tone, which included articles skepti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diego De Torres Villarroel
Diego de Torres Villarroel (169319 June 1770) was a Spanish writer, poet, dramatist, doctor, mathematician, priest and professor of the University of Salamanca. His most famous work is his autobiography, ''Vida, ascendencia, nacimiento, crianza y aventuras del Doctor Don Diego de Torres Villarroel'' (first published 1743). Life Villarroel was born in Salamanca and baptised on 18 June 1694. His father was a poor bookseller and his mother was a draper's daughter. After an elementary education he went on to study Latin under Juan González de Dios, who later became professor of humanities at the University of Salamanca. Villarroel was then enrolled at the Colegio Trilingüe in Salamanca. However, at this stage the young Villarroel had little love for learning and his wayward and disruptive behaviour led to trouble with the authorities. It was only when he began to read the books in his father's shop that he discovered a fondness for mathematics and astrology. Villarroel was in suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juan De Iriarte
Juan de Iriarte (sometimes y Cisneros) (15 December 1702–23 August 1771) was a Spanish writer, translator, Hellenist, and Latinist. He was the uncle of poet and playwright Tomás de Iriarte, diplomat Bernardo de Iriarte, and diplomat . Biography Juan de Iriarte was born at Puerto de la Orotava (now Puerto de la Cruz), on the island of Tenerife in the Canary Islands. At age 11 he was sent to Paris to complete his education. Two years later he went to Rouen in the company of his father's friend Pierre Hély (né Peter O'Hely, 1652–1731, former French consul to the Canaries). So impressive was the boy's progress in every subject that it was decided to send him to the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris, where one of his classmates was Voltaire. He spent the next eight years there. In 1723 he moved to London to complete his studies, with the result that he mastered Greek, Latin, French, and English just as well as his native tongue (Spanish). Afterward he returned to Tenerife, but ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
